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Mission # 115

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
384th Bomb Group Mission
384th BG Mission Number 115, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 370
Focus on Transportation
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The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 23
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

27 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft Pilot Results Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3441⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41B Group.
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42‑31484⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group Lead.
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42‑37785⇗Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37974⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97072⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97139⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑97188⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97201⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41B Group. Turned back due to oxygen failure.
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42‑97204⇗Inman, Loren Alexander⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97263⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group Deputy.
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42‑97273⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97282⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97309⇗Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41A Group.
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42‑97449⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97573⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑102430⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102442⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102449⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed Mission41B Group Lead.
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42‑102500⇗Thoma, Edward Paul⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102501⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102620⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑107057⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
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42‑107121⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑107125⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
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